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Andrew Fassbach posits that the plague is a virus and that development of a vaccine depends on finding the origin. Gerry agrees to help Fassbach find the outbreak's source after it is made clear that the Lanes will be removed from the cramped ship if he is not of use.

Gerry and Fassbach fly to Camp Humphreys , a military base in South Korea, where they are attacked on arrival by zombies. Turning to re-enter the aircraft, Fassbach slips, falls and accidentally shoots himself dead. After being rescued by the base's surviving personnel, led by Captain Speke, Gerry learns that the infection was introduced to the base by its doctor, who was ultimately incinerated by a soldier with a lame leg whom the infected ignored.

A former CIA operative imprisoned at the base for selling weapons to North Korea to help them fight the infection tells Gerry to go to Jerusalem , where he says a safe zone has been maintained by the Israeli Mossad since before the outbreak's official acknowledgement. As Gerry and his team return to their aircraft, Karin—worried about her husband after he misses their pre-arranged call time—rings his satellite phone, attracting zombies who kill several soldiers, with only Gerry and his pilot escaping.

In Jerusalem, Gerry meets Mossad chief Jurgen Warmbrunn, who explains that months earlier, the Mossad had intercepted an Indian military message claiming that Indian troops were fighting the rakshasa , or "dead spirits". Israel had thereupon quarantined Jerusalem, erecting huge walls around it. Just as Jurgen shows Gerry that Israel is allowing survivors to take refuge in the city, loud celebratory singing from refugees prompts zombies to scale the walls and attack.

Jurgen orders some Israeli soldiers to escort Gerry back to his plane. On the way, Gerry notices zombies ignoring an old man and an emaciated boy. Soon after, one of Gerry's escorts, a soldier who identifies herself only as " Segen " lieutenant , is bitten in the hand, which Gerry quickly amputates to stop her turning.

Gerry and Segen escape on a commercial airliner as Jerusalem is overrun. When a stowaway zombie attacks on approach to Cardiff airport, Gerry uses a grenade to blow the infected out of the aircraft, which also causes the plane to crash. Gerry is injured, but both he and Segen survive. They proceed to the WHO facility, where Gerry loses consciousness. He awakens three days later and explains to the remaining WHO staff his theory, based on the people he has seen the zombies ignore: He suggests that they test this by deliberately infecting somebody with a pathogen from the facility, but the pathogens are stored in a wing already overrun by zombies.

Gerry, Segen and the lead WHO doctor go to get a pathogen. As they fight their way through, they are separated; Gerry continues to the pathogen vault while Segen and the doctor return to the main building. A zombie blocks the door to the vault, prompting him to inject himself with an unknown pathogen and open the vault, thereby testing his theory.

The zombie ignores him, as do those he encounters while returning to the main building. Everybody rejoices at Gerry's success. Gerry and his family are reunited in a safe zone at Freeport, Nova Scotia. A "vaccine", derived from deadly pathogens, is developed and issued to survivors battling the infected, acting as a kind of camouflage. The vaccine also helps survivors to reach quarantine zones. Human offensives begin against the zombies, and hope is restored. Our war has just begun. Michael Straczynski , who identified the challenge in adapting the work as "creating a main character out of a book that reads as a UN report on the zombie wars.

The last draft I read was amazing. An early script was leaked onto the internet in March , leading to a review by Ain't It Cool News which called it "[not] just a good adaptation of a difficult book [but] a genre-defining piece of work that could well see us all arguing about whether or not a zombie movie qualifies as ' Best Picture ' material". Brooks believed that this "show[ed] [the producer's] confidence in this project" because of the amount of money that was being invested in it.

Pre-production began in April with Robert Richardson announced as the cinematographer. Fox had a scheduling conflict stemming from his prior commitment to star in Alex Cross with Tyler Perry at Summit Entertainment. In August , Bryan Cranston entered negotiations to join the film in a "small but flashy" role but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.

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Also in August, filming was set to take place along a road on the perimeter of the Grangemouth Refinery in Grangemouth , Scotland. The location was chosen for the length of the road which is crucial to the shot. The location manager for the film said Glasgow had been chosen because of its architecture, wide roads, and grid layout. The ship was turned into the "USS Madison ", which involved stenciling a new pennant number on to the funnel, as well as adding some "Americanism" to the superstructure. Steven McMenemy, the Argus ' s navigator said, "The ship sailed and we were joined by four small catamarans which were being used as markers for the cameras, so that warships could be added in with CGI later.

The filmmakers initially intended to film a climactic battle scene set in Russia, and the crew moved to Budapest to film it there. In May , production returned to Budapest for seven weeks of additional shooting. Lindelof presented two options to executives, who ultimately chose to shoot 30 to 40 minutes of additional footage to make a coherent ending.

Goddard later told Creative Screenwriting , "To me the big lesson of World War Z was that Paramount, Plan B and Brad Pitt simply said, 'Let's take the time to make this movie the best version of the movie before we put it on the screen for audience. A lot of times they just throw the movie out there and say, 'We'll make all our money opening weekend and then the movie will go away. The second-unit director, Simon Crane, said, "It wasn't character-driven anymore In March , it was reported that Paramount changed a scene in the film in which the characters speculate that the zombie outbreak originated in mainland China in hopes of landing a distribution deal in the country.

A Paramount executive contended that he was "unaware of any rejection", explaining, "We have submitted one version and have yet to receive a response. Isolated System" and " Follow Me " produced by the electronic band Nero [64] [65] were used. Records released the soundtrack album for the film, which featured the original score composed by Beltrami.

World War Z was initially scheduled for release by Paramount and Skydance on December 21, , but in March it was pushed back to June 21, Paramount elected to release Jack Reacher on the December date. The website's critical consensus reads, "It's uneven and diverges from the source book, but World War Z still brings smart, fast-moving thrills and a solid performance from Brad Pitt to the zombie genre. Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a 3. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film a 3 out of 4, saying that "the suspense is killer".

Scott of The New York Times said, "[It] does not try to extend the boundaries of commercial entertainment but does what it can to find interesting ways to pass the time within them. It's an anemic actioner that fosters excitement like dead limbs as it lumbers toward a conclusion. The Blu-ray Disc contains an unrated cut. Some scenes already present in the theatrical cut are also extended. The game is a spin-off of the film, being set in Denver , Kyoto , and Paris , and featuring an entirely different set of characters.

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